North Putnam High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Roachdale, IN)

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Eighty North Putnam students starred in the spring musical OLIVER, Mike Reed was cast in the lead, Oliver fMike Reedj was locked in a coffin to be taught a lesson. Mr. Bumble fDave Weberypunished him as the Sowerberrys fClaudia Tracy Bruce ' d Sutherlin, Randy Long, Marsha Solomohj watched. e Q Dearest Cast, After lying dazed upon my living room floor trying to find one good thing that happened last night at rehearsal, I finally thought of one--the phones work. Letters from the directors to the cast often seemed discouraging to the students involved in one of North Putnam's plays, but magically they seemed to pull themselves together after reading such a note. They became alive and presented the audience a realistic portrayal of Helen Keller's childhood in MIRACLE WORKER for their fall production. Stage presence--besides the upstage foot, up- stage gesture, and cheating to the audience, the good actor is a member of an ensemble. He con- tributes to' a total effort. In amateur theatre his energy and enthusiasm completely envelope his audience, Surely the cast of the musical OLIVER worked as a team to present the plight of the orphaned boy Oliver Twist, From workhouse to thieves' den A Oliver's tragedy deepened until he was rescued by a wealthy gentleman and one of the thieves' girl friends. Encores were in order for the North Putnam Thespian troupe this year. 49

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The Math Club was Dennis Robbins, Don Watson, Nelson Ford, jeff Blaydes, Ken Carrington, Kirby Bushong, Rick Adams, Steve Goff, Tracy Etcheson, Anita Perkins, Donetta Ardelean, Chris Stoker, Doug White, Tim Carr, Lora Myers, Pam Allen, Donna Malayer, Carol Davis, Sandy Evans, Kathy Fitzsimmons, Mr. Myers, Lora Keeney, Linda Craft, Deanna Robers, Deanna McGaughey. Lora Myers and Dave Weber as Mr. and Mrs. Bumble sang a duet in OLIVER, Problems were fun. The Math Club, sponsored by jim Myers, instilled and promoted interest in mathematics beyond the scope of the classroom. This year several lectures were given on the his- tory of mathematics, Recreational math was delved into as members worked mathematical puzzles and novelty games, Experiments in probability were conducted dur- ing Math Club meetings, This club showed students the practical sides of the world of math and also the entertaining facets of it, 48

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Mr. Bonar sponsored North Putnam's Spani This was a little bit of Spain at . . Spanish Club members jane Adamson and Janice McCullough won the Simon Bolivar awards this year, Carol Hostetter was the recipient of the jose de San Martin award. These honors were be- stowed upon tzhese students because of high aca- demic achievements. The most exciting news for some of the Spanish Club members was the bus tour to be taken to Mexico during June. The group was to visit the Floating Gardens, the pyramids, and Mexico City. sh Club. A trip to Mexico was offered for any of them. Dave Berry, Latin Club member, donned his toga for the Roman Banquet at school. 50